Philippine Donation Drive
The Vancouver & District Labour Council (VDLC), B.C. Government and Services Employees’ Union, (BCGEU), and the Canadian Union of Labour Employees (CULE) are co-coordinating a solidarity tour to the Philippines from November 27-Dec 7, 2018. One of our objectives is to learn about the daily lives and struggles directly from the Filipino people, particularly those involved in the struggle for workers’ and other human rights in the Philippines.
Can’t attend the tour but still want to support?
As Union members and/or Affiliates you can help to support the people of the Philippines through our Philippine Donation Drive.
The VDLC, BCGEU, and CULE plan to visit several different communities during the Solidarity Tour. Some of these communities are in need of specific material support that they have requested. Donations gathered will either be brought by the delegation, or shipped in time to arrive for the trip.
Materials requested by our Philippine partners
Schools supplies for a daycare: primary school books (new or gently used), pencils, crayons, pencil crayons, pens, erasers.
For worker’s communities that we visit: general toiletries such as those normally provided at hotels such as shampoo, conditioner, soap, lotion, etc. This is easier to be divided up to individuals in the different areas we plan to visit.
Financial donations: monies collected will go towards equipment needed to assist workers around health & safety issues in their workplace. The financial donations will be used to buy the equipment in the Philippines.
For financial donations, please send cheques payable to the “Vancouver & District Labour Council”, and put Philippines Donation Drive in the memo.
In-kind donations from Metro Vancouver can be dropped off at the Vancouver & District Labour Council office.
Address of the VDLC:
Attn: Philippines Donation Drive c/o Vancouver & District Labour Council Suite 170 – 111 Victoria Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 4C4
In-kind donations outside of Metro Vancouver, please email solidarity@cule.ca to make arrangements.
We will gather donations up to October 31, 2018.
In Solidarity, VDLC, BCGEU, CULE Solidarity Tour to the Philippines 2018 Coordinating Committee